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TIL that the famous American Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman was called "Cump" by his friends and family

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jN0yn TIL of Angus Barbieri's fasting record. His fast consisted of water, tea, coffee, and vitamins. He fasted for 382 days and lost 276lbs (original weight 456lbs)
0dG9j TIL that Hitler only became a German citizen in 1932, only a year before he took power
MVyb TIL that the world’s largest missile testing facility is located on the island of Kauai in Hawaii and is capable of intercepting two missile targets at once
p8X1N TIL that the most common noun in the English language, and the 55th most common word overall, is “time”.
aw1NM TIL rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard's verse on the hit song "Ghetto Supastar" was the result of him showing up at the wrong studio, loving the song, and asking to be part of it.